Example Sentences

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Scurrying along the dense brush of coastal woodlands and forests, the small, mouselike antechinus appears more unassuming than many of Australia’s marsupials.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024

Scurrying down the Denver sideline after Bailey were teammates John Lynch, Gerard Warren and Ferguson, who slowed down and stepped in front of Brown to shield Bailey about 25 yards from the end zone.

From Washington Times • Jul. 30, 2019

Scurrying under the feet of dinosaurs in swampy terrain in Spain around 125 million years ago was a furry chipmunk-sized critter with tiny hedgehog-like spines, horny body armor and an unpleasant fungal hair infection.

From Reuters • Oct. 14, 2015

Scurrying around the doughnut daily I soon saw, just going about their business like ordinary people, Alan Yentob, Sue Barker, Barbara Woodhouse and Rory McGrath, to name but four.

From The Guardian • Mar. 31, 2013

“You’re too nosy to live, Potter. Scurrying around the school on Halloween like that, for all I knew you’d seen me coming to look at what was guarding the Stone.”

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling